In addition to wreckage from the tornado itself, three meteorology students traveling back from storm chasing in Kansas were killed in a crash. The twister knocked out power for over 15,000 people.
Human-induced climate change fueled one of the most active hurricane seasons on record in 2020, with rainfall totals up to 10% higher than in the pre-industrial era, according to a new study.
That snowfall could offer some reprieve to farmers and ranchers who have been struggling through a punishing drought. Many of them have been teetering on bankruptcy.
Boulder, Colorado is again under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire danger as powerful winds like those that fanned a destructive blaze in December return to the drought stricken region.
The death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue in South Africa's Durban area. The president blamed climate change for the flooding.
A summer tropical depression unleashed days of pounding rain in the central and southern Philippines. Rescuers were struggling with mud and unstable heaps of earth and debris to find missing people.